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Results below are from the Alaska Digital Archives which includes material from institutions all over the state. You can sort by clicking on the column header.

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image thumbnail The air cushion vehicle the "Colville Queen" enroute from North Slope to the Yukon River - here 30 miles south of Old Man Camp; temp[erature] -52F. Title taken from verso. View of truck hauling "Colville Queen" ACV (air cushion vehicle) from North Slope to Yukon River during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction, about 30 miles south of Old Man Camp in Interior Alaska. Nov. 25, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Support helicopter hovers low over seismic 'cat train' Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads:"Support helicopter hovers low over seismic 'cat train' making its way across the frozen tundra of Alaska's North Slope in 1969." Atlantic Richfield Company Collection;
image thumbnail State of Alaska 23rd oil and gas lease sale. Title taken from sign in photograph. View of 23rd oil and gas lease sale for Alaska inside Sydney Laurence Auditorium in Anchorage, Alaska, with map of North Slope area in Alaska on sign in background. Alaska Governor Keith Miller holds microphone, while Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Kelly stands at far right. Also from sign in photograph: "Map courtesy of Alaska Map Service, Inc. $ ,900,220,590." From information with photograph: "Governor Keith Miller speaking. DNR Commissioner Tom Kelly, far right." Sept. 10, 1969. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10". AMRC. Ward Wells Collection;
image thumbnail Slope M[oun]t[ain] shortly south of Pump State [sic] 3. Title taken from verso. Winter view of terraced Slope Mountain near Trans-Alaska Pipeline south of Pump Station 3 on North Slope in Alaska. Also from verso: "Note ancient wave cut terraced beach lines. M[oun]t[ain] supports a substantial bank of Dall sheep." 1975? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Site for Pump Sta[tion] N[umbe]r 2. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of construction site for Pump Station number 2 during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska, with pipeline supports running from top and bottom of site location in photo. July 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10 1/8" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Sig Wien landing DEW Line raydar [sic] equipment at Cross Island, 20 miles off Ar[c]tic coast line, 250 miles east of Barrow. 1947. Title taken from verso. View of Sigurd Wien landing Noorduyn Norseman 6 to 8 seat airplane loaded with DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line radar equipment at Cross Island, Alaska, with man standing in front of log and sod hut. Also from verso: "Airplane is Noorduyn Noorseman [sic] 6 to 8 place. Note Eskimo sod and wood huts of primitave [sic] design." 1947. Photographer: Noel Wien. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10". AMRC. Wien Collection;
image thumbnail Setting up the camp facilities at Pump Station N[umbe]r 3. Title taken from verso. View of men with crane setting up ATCO manufactured housing for construction workers at Pump Station number 3 during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska. April 20, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Setting a section of pipe slightly south of Franklin Bluffs camp. Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction crews setting pipe section with crane south of Franklin Bluffs construction camp on North Slope in Alaska. June 4, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Self [Bruce Haldeman]. Title taken from accompanying note. "Self [Bruce Haldeman; North Slope, Oct '83]." Bruce Haldeman Papers, 1953-1989;
image thumbnail Seismic exploration equipment Title from verso.Full caption from verso reads:"Equipment used for seismic exploration on Alaska's North Slope in 1969 includes a shot hole drill, at left foreground, and a Nodwell tracked vehicle at center. At right in one of the portable modular buildings used as seismic crew quarters." Atlantic Richfield Company Collection;
image thumbnail Seismic crew equipment checks in at Fox permit station on way to North Slope. Title taken from verso. View of trucks hauling equipment for seismic crew checking in at Fox, Alaska, on their way to North Slope during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 20, 1976. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". Steve McCutcheon Trans Alaska Pipeline System Construction Collection
image thumbnail Refueling a short skyvan at Toolik Lake strip. Title taken from verso. View of man refueling small propeller plane at Toolik Lake construction camp landing strip during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska. Also from verso: "Toolik was a small pipeline and road camp for Trans Alaska Pipeline Company." Aug. 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Refrigerant lines to keep foundations of buildings frozen at Pump Stat[ion] 2. Title taken from verso. View of construction workers installing refrigerant lines to keep foundations of buildings frozen during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction at Pump Station 2 on North Slope in Alaska. Sept. 10, 1979. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Refrigerant lines at Pump Station 3 to keep foundations of installations frozen; this area heavy permafrost. Title taken from verso. View of construction workers installing refrigerant lines to keep building foundations frozen at Pump Station 3 in heavy area of permafrost during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska. Oct. 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Reaburn's pack train. Image appears identical to uaa-hmc-0166-b1-19-173. The caption for that image reads: "Reaburn's pack train crossing a flood plain ice sheet on Joe Creek about 5 miles west from 141st meridian. July 23, 1911." A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;
image thumbnail Reaburn's pack train. Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Reaburn's pack train crossing a flood plain ice sheet on Joe Creek about 5 miles west from 141st meridian. July 23, 1911." A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;
image thumbnail Quartzite ridge. Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "Quartzite ridge that forms south divide of north branch of Aspen creek. Taken from 4860 top on west edge of mapped strip looking west magnetic. July 13, 1912." A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;
image thumbnail Pump St[ation] N[umbe]r 3. Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska pipeline leading to Pump Station number 3 on North Slope in Alaska. 1975? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Pump Sta[tion] 3. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline Pump Station 3 during pipeline construction on North Slope in Alaska. March 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Pump Sta[tion] 3. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline running toward Pump Station 3 in background on North Slope in Alaska. 1975? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10 1/8" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Pump 3. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline Pump Station 3 on North Slope in Alaska. July 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Prudhoe Bay State No. 1 Title from verso. Full comment from verso reads:"Prudhoe Bay State No. 1, the discovery well for the giant Prudhoe Bay field, is enclosed in a metal building in this 1969 photograph. The discovery well, drilled in 1968 by ARCO/Exxon, signalled the start of development from Alaska's North Slope." Atlantic Richfield Company Collection;
image thumbnail Primary road construction several miles south of Franklin Bluffs camp. Title taken from verso. View of road construction site during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction south of Franklin Bluffs construction camp on North Slope in Alaska. Aug. 18, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Preparing to lay pipe in ditch. Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction near Franklin Bluffs construction camp on North Slope in Alaska. Also from verso: "Background is the Franklin Bluffs [camp]. Note pipe storage area." July 10, 1975. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10 1/8" x 8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Portion of the south slope of Joe Creek valley. Title taken from caption. Caption reads in its entirety: "A portion of the south slope of Joe Creek valley from knoll at mouth of Camp Creek about 6 miles west from 141st meridian. Shows massive gray Artinskian limestone of slope. August 13, 1912." A. G. Maddren photographs, 1906-1914. UAA-HMC-0166;

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